The prince does not fight for the heir

Two days before the southern tour, Queen Kun'an sent someone to Huanyuzhai to summon Yan Siyun and Fu Xuechen to accompany her.

As soon as he entered the Kun'an Palace, Fu Xuechen saw the queen sitting on the couch, with paper, pens, and abacus on the small table beside her, and several thick account books spread out on the side for the harem lord to consult at any time. It turned out to be very busy.

Seeing the two, the queen raised her head from her busy schedule, smiled kindly at the two of them, and said, "Hurry up and excuse yourself! Sit down first, I still have some data to see here, and I'll talk to you when I'm done." Son."

The two thanked each other, and obediently took their seats aside, drinking tea like this, quietly watching the Queen busy.

Fu Xuechen secretly wondered, in her impression, the empress's daily routine was to wake up in the morning to accept greetings from her concubines, if there was a queen mother, she would lead all the concubines to pay her respects to the queen mother, and chat with all the concubines when the queen mother was not around.

But now it seems that the queen in a normal state is not as relaxed as she is in the movies and TV dramas. She is the real master of the harem. With the phoenix seal in hand, she has to take care of things!
There is the House of Internal Affairs in the palace, and below it there are the Huangzhuang, the Royal Merchant, and the bureaus. In fact, the accounts of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are finally collected to the empress first, and the empress exercises the management power, and the emperor only has the final decision-making power.

Therefore, the lord of the harem is not empty talk. If the queen loses the phoenix seal and the management power, it will be almost abolished, and this management power will sometimes fall into the hands of the queen mother, such as the Queen Mother Dou in the Han Dynasty. Sometimes it will fall into the hands of the emperor's favorite concubine, such as the concubine Ling during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. In such special cases, the queens are all in name only.

This time the situation is a bit special, the queen was also included in the southern tour list by Emperor Yuan'an, so she had to arrange everything before departure, and then set up the accounts so that the phoenix seal and account books could be temporarily handed over to other concubines Keeping, so these days she is busy with these chores.

Fu Xuechen quietly observed the lord of the Darong Empire, the harem, as if seeing a strong woman in charge of a large listed company in later generations working at her desk, serious, focused and strong.

After being bored for a while, Yan Siyun asked curiously: "Empress, what are you busy with?"

"It's some materials needed for the southern tour, and the expenses that need to be set aside in the palace during the absence of the palace." The queen explained, and handed the two account books to Yan Siyun: "Can Siyun understand the account books? Please help Ben Gong to see that these two books were just delivered by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so if you calculate the amount above, it is correct."

"Oh!" Yan Siyun didn't refuse, she and her mother also learned how to read the accounts, and immediately took the account book out of curiosity, but was shocked by the huge amount on it immediately.

After receiving the hint from the queen, a little court lady also brought Yan Siyun an abacus. Yan Siyun was in a cold sweat and tried to add up the balance of expenses listed in the account book, but her abacus calculation skills were not good. I have never calculated such a large amount, and after two or three calculations, I still can't calculate the total at the end of this page of the account book.

Could it be that she was so lucky that she casually flipped through and found an error in the account book on the first page?Yan Siyun obviously couldn't believe his abacus skills, so he couldn't help looking up at Fu Xuechen for help.

The actions of the people in the palace were obviously under the eyes of the queen. As soon as Yan Siyun raised her head, she glanced over and encouraged her with a slight smile: "If Miss Fu is willing to help, I can also ask for it."

Yan Siyun was overjoyed, as if throwing away a hot potato, he stuffed both account books to Fu Xuechen: "Sir, why the amount I calculated doesn't match the account book, take a look?"

Fu Xuechen took a look at the account book, and was pleasantly surprised to find that after more than two years of fermentation, the Arabic numerals called simplified numbers gradually became popular, and even the palace account books were used, which was convenient for her.

Immediately took out the abacus, checked the account books one by one and added up the numbers. In the previous life, she could only use the abacus, but in the current era without calculators, with the frequent use of the abacus, her abacus calculation speed is getting faster and faster. It's getting faster and more accurate, but it's just calculating some numbers, no matter how big the amount is, it won't bother her.

Crackling and flicking the beads of the abacus, Fu Xuechen quickly checked the two account books and found three miscalculations, and checked the rest without finding any more problems.

Record the inaccuracies on a slip of paper, and put it in the account book for the convenience of the Queen's verification. After finishing these, Fu Xuechen was about to close the account book and return it to Yan Siyun. When he looked up, he found that Yan Siyun was stunned and unable to recover.

"County Lord?" Fu Xuechen called the other party softly.

Only then did Yan Siyun come back to his senses, and quickly agreed: "Oh oh oh! Is it alright?"

Fu Xuechen nodded, Yan Siyun hurriedly took the account book, and turned around showing a frustrated expression.

She had heard from Yegrika a long time ago that Fu Xuechen was good at counting, but he never had a clear idea. Until today, she saw with her own eyes that the other party's fingers almost moved the afterimages on the abacus beads, and it was less than a cup of tea. After finishing the two accounting books, I just realized what a real math genius looks like. It is simply inhuman to be able to type the abacus like that!

Noticing the scene beside her, the queen couldn't help but curled her lips into a smile, took the account book handed back by Yan Siyun, and comforted her: "Okay, don't be depressed! Just learn more and practice!"

Immediately, he looked at Fu Xuechen again, with special appreciation and love in his eyes, and said: "I have heard for a long time that Miss Fu is knowledgeable and talented, and today I saw Miss Fu doing a small test with a knife, and I know that your majesty has no false words. You really have the talent of Fengyi. !"

"Thank you Empress Empress for your praise, Xuechen is ashamed!"

The queen is more and more satisfied. She didn't pay attention before, but now it's like discovering a treasure. She discovered the benefits of Fu Xuechen, a girl who is modest and polite, but neither humble nor overbearing, calm and generous, her temperament is mixed with the gentleness of a literati, and her appearance and figure are even better. She is superior, if she is not born in a family of martial arts, she is more than enough to be a prince and concubine.

The queen opened the account book that Fu Xuechen had made, and re-checked the three mistakes she noted with the note. It was a surprise to help her in many ways!
With Fu Xuechen's help, the queen quickly settled all the accounts, while ordering the maids around her to summon the head of the House of Internal Affairs, the country's uncle Zhang Subaru, while throwing away the account books, they chatted cordially with the two young girls.

Fu Xuechen didn't know if it was her own delusion, she always felt that compared to the last time the queen met Yan Siyun's aunt and nephew, today's queen paid more attention to her, could it be because she just showed off her abacus skills ?Or was she influenced by the comment the emperor gave her at the Xiaojing Banquet?unknown.

After chatting for half a stick of incense, the little maid came to report, Zhang Mao was waiting outside to be summoned, and the empress let Yan Siyun and Fu Xuechen go back.

There is a middle-aged man waiting outside the palace. He seems to be over 50 years old, but his appearance is gentle and fat. There is a smile on his lips all the year round, and the smile lines are deep. He looks a bit gentle.

Yan Siyun came out and saw him, and bowed politely: "Siyun has seen Uncle Guo!"

Fu Xuechen followed suit, and Zhang Subaru shouted with a smile on his face, "The county magistrate, please excuse me! Miss Fu, excuse me! Zhang wants to pay a visit to the queen, but he has no choice but to excuse me!"

"No problem!" Yan Siyun watched him being called into Kun'an Palace, and then walked back with Fu Xuechen.

Fu Xuechen was secretly a little puzzled, feeling that Yan Siyun was much closer to the queen, but she was quite indifferent to this uncle of the country, who was also from her mother's family.

As if guessing what Fu Xuechen was wondering, Yan Siyun explained: "Uncle Guo is only the cousin of the empress and my mother, he is the eldest son of the eldest son, and the empress and my mother were originally only the daughters of the third wife. "

I see!Uncle Guo is not the queen's biological elder brother. From this point of view, the Zhang family of the queen's natal family should not have separated families, and the queen has no real brothers. It may also be adopted under the name of the eldest house, so the title of uncle Guo will fall. When it happened to Zhang Subaru, it was no wonder that Yan Siyun was not close to him.

The two of them had just walked dozens of steps, and saw the fourth prince Yunzhen walking towards them.

Yan Siyun smiled unexpectedly, raised his voice and called out first: "Cousin!" before bowing to salute.

Fu Xuechen followed suit and saluted, "I've met the Fourth Highness!"

"Exemption!" Yun Zhen was slightly surprised, he did not expect to meet these two women outside Kun'an Palace, but considering the blood relationship between Yan Siyun and his mother, it seems that this is not a surprise.

Yan Siyun gossiped and said, "Did my cousin also be summoned by the Empress? I saw that Uncle Guo also went in. Just now, the Empress Empress found several data errors in the account of the Internal Affairs Office. Uncle Guo will not be reprimanded." ?”

When Yunzhen heard the words, his eyes only moved, and he was not worried about Uncle Guo at all. It was not that he was not worried that the other party would be reprimanded, but because he was used to the Queen's ruthless temperament, and he would reprimand him if he made a mistake, and Uncle Guo was no exception. Worrying is useless.

Yan Siyun didn't care about Yunzhen's silence and estrangement, and after chatting enthusiastically for a few more words, he left.

Fu Xuechen seemed to see that the moment Yan Siyun offered to leave, Yunzhen breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that Yan Siyun's excessive enthusiasm made the iceberg prince too much, the iceberg was roasted by fire, this is, just... inexplicably funny.

I don't know whether Yan Si's closeness to Yun Zhenyun is purely a natural closeness to a blood cousin, or a girl's admiration. If it is the latter, Fu Xuechen feels that he must find a way to educate Yan Siyun about the fact that close relatives cannot marry However, Yan Siyun fell in love with his cousin wholeheartedly, and marrying him would be a tragedy in the world.

Behind the back where the two girls couldn't see, Yoon Zhen stood silently for a moment before moving on. As soon as he stepped into the gate of the courtyard, he was surprised to see his uncle Zhang Subaru walking out of the palace gate with a happy face, without the slightest sign of being reprimanded.

Seeing Yunzhen, Zhang Subaru laughed, walked towards him, reached out and patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Nephew! You have a happy event again! When you come back from the southern tour, see if uncle will make another appointment for you." Concubine Ming, you just wait!"

Yun Zhen froze for a moment, and frowned slightly. Just as he was about to ask for details, Zhang Subaru had already left quickly, and at the gate of the palace, Madam Su had already walked out of the palace, summoning with a smile: "Fourth Highness! Your Majesty's biography Zhao, you go in quickly!"

Yunzhen didn't delay any longer, strode into the palace gate, and greeted the empress who was on the couch first: "My son kowtowed to see the empress!"

"Get up!"

The queen gave him a rare smile, and said: "Just now, I asked Uncle Guo, and said that your palace has been repaired everywhere. When you come back from the southern tour, you can almost pick a few auspicious days for you to get married."

Yun Zhen lowered his head, hiding the resistance in his expression: "Mother, I heard that the other party is fifteen years old, so it's too early to get married! Why don't we talk about it after I'm crowned twenty?"

The queen shook her head: "The main concubine of the Qi family is young and can wait, but the two side concubines can't delay any longer, so I can only wrong you and the Qi family, get married as soon as possible! Don't delay the two The concubine's great time."

Two concubines?Yunzhen knew one of them, and the empress had appointed him Chen Zijin of the Duke of Li. This one was one year older than him, and he was already nineteen. It was really not easy to delay any further, but who was the other?
"I don't know the other side concubine of the minister, which country's queen is the mother's queen?" Yun Zhen said in a gloomy tone.

The queen smiled, with a satisfied look on her face, something she never experienced when she settled Chen Zijin, Duke of Li. When Chen Zijin was settled, she only had displeasure and helplessness on her face.

Looking at the expression of admiration and love on the empress mother's face, Yun Zhen couldn't help being a little surprised.

"You've seen her more than once!" The queen smiled and revealed the mystery: "It's Fu Xuechen, the daughter of the newly promoted Duke Jing, and His Majesty said that she has the 'talent of the world'. How about this side concubine?" Satisfied?"

Yunzhen's pupils trembled: "Fu Xuechen?"

"I didn't notice it before, so this Miss Fu is really a wonderful person..." The queen couldn't help but praise Fu Xuechen when she mentioned it.

The blankness in Yunzhen's mind had just passed, only to realize that he had forgotten to breathe, took a few breaths quickly, caught the queen's voice, raised his head and asked: "Mother! As far as I know, Mrs. Jingguo is a noble concubine. The mother-in-law is relative, and the son of the Duke of Jingguo even reads beside the sixth brother, how can their family be willing to marry the daughter-in-law as a minister and side concubine?"

The queen smiled "heh", grabbed the account books and phoenix seals placed on the small table beside her, and said: "If it is another concubine, this palace will still be in trouble, but the concubine will never be an obstacle, you Look, after I leave for a few months, the phoenix seal and account book will only be handed over to the imperial concubine, the friendship between her and me is beyond your imagination!"

Yun Zhen's expression froze. He really didn't feel any special deep friendship between the empress mother and the imperial concubine. He didn't even see any intimate contact between the empress and concubine on weekdays. Why...

"Don't worry!" The queen said casually: "Your mother will not say anything in advance if you are not sure about what your mother will do. If Lord Jingguo refuses to agree, I will ask the noble concubine to help you be a lobbyist. What do you think Duke Jingguo has? Reasons for not agreeing? In short, don’t worry about it so much, on the southern tour, it’s what you should do to take care of Miss Fu more!”

Yunzhen was in a complicated mood for a while, and he was half a step slow before he answered the word "yes".

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